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• Extend Bayesian and related methods for parameterizing models under uncertainty,
  including multiple, linked models, and for propagating uncertainty in models used for
  making large-scale predictions


• Develop dynamical systems methods for robust prediction of long transient
  phenomena and to help understand the effects of different types of feedback in
  complex systems.

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